Gulf Life Insurance Co. v. Matthews

George H. Matthews, as beneficiary, brought suit against Gulf Life Insurance Company for $420 principal, besides interest, damages, and attorney’s fees, under the provisions of a life-insurance policy issued on the life of his son, George E. Matthews, which provided for double indemnity in case of the death of the insured by accidental death, caused solely by external, violent, and accidental means, but further providing that “It is mutually agreed that said additional sum shall not be payable if the insured’s death results from . . bodily injuries inflicted by the insured himself, while sane…